US to convene Sudan talks, even without Khartoum

Geneva: The United States insisted on Monday it would press ahead with convening ceasefire talks this week on the devastating conflict in Sudan, even...

Geneva: The United States insisted on Monday it would press ahead with convening ceasefire talks this week on the devastating conflict in Sudan, even if the Sudanese government is a no-show.

War has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese army under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

The US-mediated talks in Switzerland come with Sudan at a catastrophic "breaking point", according to the United Nations, with tens of thousands of preventable deaths looming due to multiple crises exacerbated by the conflict.

The United States last month invited Sudan's warring sides to ceasefire talks, co-hosted with Saudi Arabia and Switzerland.

The talks, at an undisclosed location in Switzerland, are scheduled to start on Wednesday and could last up to 10 days.